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Reference against Hasba bill moved
KARACHI, July 15: A five-member Supreme Court bench will commence hearing of a presidential reference, questioning the constitutional validity of the NWFP Hasba bill, in Islamabad on July 25....
Fazl criticizes reference against Hasba bill
MARDAN, July 15: Secretary General of JUI-F Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Friday criticized President Pervez Musharraf’s decision to send to the apex court a reference against the Hasba Act....
24 militants killed in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH/PESHAWAR, July 15: US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan killed 24 militants and destroyed two vehicles in the Lawara Mandi area of North Waziristan Agency on Thursday night....
Army, FBI launch probe in tribal area
KOHAT, July 15: US FBI and Pakistani military intelligence agencies moved into action on Thursday in the light of information received about the whereabouts of the mastermind behind the London blasts...
UNSC expansion opposed
ROME, July 15: Pakistan and Italy on Friday reaffirmed opposition to any proposal for United Nations Security Council expansion, entailing an increase of permanent seats for individual states and creation of new centres of privileges....
Rail tracks, platform to be repaired in a week
SUKKUR, July 15: Rail workers will take another 6 to 10 hours to clear the up and down tracks at the site of Wednesday’s triple train accident near Ghotki, a senior railways official said on Friday....
‘Egyptian suspect arrested’
CAIRO, July 15: An Egyptian man was arrested overnight in Cairo on suspicion of involvement in the July 7 London terror attacks, Egyptian security sources told AFP on Friday....
PM’s US visit postponed
WASHINGTON, July 15: The US State Department confirmed on Friday that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s visit to the United States has been postponed. A State Department official, when contacted by Dawn,...
12 suicide bombs claim 28 lives in Iraq
BAGHDAD, July 15: Twelve suicide car bombers exploded in a series of apparently coordinated attacks across the Iraqi capital on Friday, killing 28 people and wounding more than 100....
Nomination papers to be issued today
KARACHI, July 15: Electoral process for the first phase of the local body elections in 54 districts of four provinces will commence on Saturday with the issuance of nomination papers to the intending candidates....
POL prices unchanged
KARACHI, July 15: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) on Friday kept ex-depot sale prices of all POL products unchanged for July 16-31, 2005. Oil marketing companies (OMCs) have also made no change in the price of high speed diesel (HSD)....
Ayodhya attackers came from Pakistan: India
LUCKNOW, July 15: Five gunmen who attacked a disputed religious site in Ayodhya last week were militants who came from Pakistan, Indian police said on Friday, adding that two gun-runners linked to the assault have been arrested in occupied Kashmir....
‘No military training in madressahs’
ISLAMABAD, July 15: Education Minister Lt-Gen (retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi said on Friday that no military training was being imparted to students in madressahs in the country....
‘UK blast suspect met Islamabad church bomber’
ISLAMABAD, July 15: One of the alleged London suicide bombers met in 2003 with a man later arrested for a church bombing in Pakistan, an intelligence official said on Friday....
Sharifs not to seek Saudi help on passport
LAHORE, July 15: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law Capt Muhammad Safdar has been asked by Pakistan’s consulate in Jeddah to turn up on Saturday (today) to know if the government...
ISLAMABAD, July 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday directed law-enforcement agencies to launch a countrywide...
CAIRO, July 15: An Egyptian man was arrested overnight in Cairo on suspicion of involvement in the July 7 London terror attacks, Egyptian security sources told AFP on Friday....
ISLAMABAD, July 15: One of the alleged London suicide bombers met in 2003 with a man later arrested for a church bombing in Pakistan, an intelligence official said on Friday....
